Supporting-garment.



BELLE M. GRAYSON, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORTING-GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented March 12, 1907.

Application filed March 14, 1906. Serial No: 305,931.

To ail whom it mag/ concern:

Be it known that I, BELLE M. GRAYsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, county of Milwaukee, and State of Wisconsin, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Supporting-Garments, of whichthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in supporting-garments.

The object of my invention is to provide a form of construction in whicha shoulderbrace is held in the proper position on the shoulder by meansof the garment to which it is permanently connected, the shoulderbraceforming a part of such garment and also serving as a means for attachinga hosesupporter.

A further object of my invention is to provide a form of construction inwhich the strain and pressure of the hose-supporter is 1zgppliedentirely to the bony parts of the In the following description referenceis had to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a rear view ofmy invention as it appears in use. Fig. 2 is a front view of the same.Fig. 3 is a rear view illustrating the application of the supportingparts of the invention to the under side of a garment.

Like parts are identified by the same reference characters throughoutthe several views.

A is a waist or chemise to which the reinforcing fabric is applied, thereinforcing fabric having shoulder-straps B, connecting front members C,and crossed rear members D and D, which are extended at E E over thehips of the wearer and are preferably provided with flaps F F, adaptedto facilitate attaching any ordinary hose-supporter G, the members E Epreventing the clasps, pins, or other devices for connecting thehose-supporter from contacting with the body or with the lighter fabricof the garment.

It will be observed that the chemise A is provided with short sleeves A,which fit closely to the arms, and the shoulder-straps B are stitched,as indicated at b, to the chemise, so that the shoulder-straps areprevented from slipping either toward the neck or over the shoulders.The crossed mem bers D D may either be connected with each other at thecrossing-point or left unconnected. The pull of the hose-supporter uponthe members D D tends to draw the shoulders backwardly. The materialcomposing the members B, C, and E is of sufficient strength for thedesired purpose, and will of course be a heavier and stronger materialthan that composing the body of the chemise. It may be either exteriorto the chemise or applied to the interior surface, as shown in Fig. 3,the construction in the latter figure being otherwise the same as thatshown in Fig.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with a garment for the upper portion of the body, ofa strengthening fabric secured to the garment over the shoulders and atthe front and rear thereof; said strengthening fabric having on the rearside downwardly-extending crossed members having their lower portionsextended in the form of flaps substantially covering the hips of thewearer and extending to the front of the leg at their lower ends, and aset of hose supporters connected with each of said flaps near theirlower ends.

2. The combination with a garment for the upper portion of the body, ofa strengthening fabric secured to the garment over the shoulders and atthe front and rear thereof, said strengthening fabric having on the rearside downwardly-extending crossed members having their lower portionsextended in the form of flaps substantially covering the hips of thewearer and extending to the front of the leg at their lower ends, and aset of hosesupporters connected with each of said flaps near their lowerends, said flaps being pro vided with auxiliary flaps on their outersurfaces to which the hose-supporters may be secured by means ofsuitable fastenings.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the. presence of twowitnesses.

BELLE M. GRAYSON. Witnesses:

LEVERETT 0. WHEELER, JAs. B. ERWIN.

